Gadget shock pair celebrate after ditching laptop to have a tot

I’ve never heard of this happening before. When the doctors told us it was a real shock

Scott Reed's wife Laura

Scott Reed was told having the laptop over his privates had caused heat damage to his sperm.

But after moving the gadget to a table, delighted wife Laura, 30, fell pregnant three months later.

And thanks to the change in routine, the pair now have a 10-month-old girl named Taryn. Laura said: “I’ve never heard of this happening before. When the doctors told us it was a real shock.

“Scott would use his laptop in the evenings for a couple of hours while we were watching TV. We had absolutely no idea the damage it was causing him.”

The couple visited their GP after trying for a child for six months without success. They were referred to Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, where tests revealed Scott, 30, was firing blanks due to his laptop.

The problem is also common among chefs who work next to hot ovens.

Scott, of Clanfield, Hants, who is now urging more men to be aware of the dangers of sitting with computers on their laps, said: “I never thought using a laptop would affect the quality of my sperm.